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5-Day Preoperative Radiation for Soft Tissue Sarcoma

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment75 people
  • Recruiting US sites1
  • SponsorStanford University
  • RegistryNCT06087861

Recruitment re-checked on ClinicalTrials.gov Oct 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

5-Day Preoperative Radiation for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: a one-minute explainerNCT060878611 min

Eligibility

Who can join

The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.

  • Age18 Years to no maximum
  • SexAll
  • Healthy volunteersNo

You may be able to join if

  • Histologically confirmed soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity, trunk or retroperitoneum.
  • Has been offered preoperative radiation and surgery as part of standard-of-care treatment
  • Age ≥ 18
  • KPS ≥ 70 or ECOG 0 to 2
  • Life expectancy ≥ 6 months
  • If a woman is of childbearing potential, a negative serum or urine pregnancy test must be documented.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to personally sign the written IRB approved informed consent document.

You cannot join if

  • History of prior radiation to the area to be treated.
  • Active use of other anti-cancer investigational agents.
  • Planned use of concurrent chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy with radiation therapy (defined as the time interval starting 1 week before the first and last fraction of radiation therapy and surgery).
  • Pregnancy.

The treatment

How it is intended to work

This is how the treatment is meant to work. Whether it helps, and how safe it is, is what this trial is testing.

Treatments listed in the registry

  • External Beam Radiotherapy (Radiation): Radiation will be delivered by external beam techniques to the tumor and areas of possible microscopic disease at a dose of 30 Gy divided into 5 equal fractions of 6 Gy (administered over a total of 5 to 10 business day

The study

Treatment groups

Na · Single Group · masking: None

External beam radiotherapy (Experimental)

Patients will receive treatment with external beam radiotherapy at a total of 30 Gy delivered over five fractions delivered daily.

What it involves

Procedures

As the registry describes them. Requirements to join, such as a tissue sample, are in the eligibility list above even when on-study procedures are optional. Ask the study team which steps apply to you.

  • radiation: Part of the study plan

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Post-operative Complication Rate (120 days after surgery)

Other goals

  • Local Recurrence Rate

Planned enrollment: 75 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Site status as of Oct 30, 2026. Check the live record before contacting a site.

Sources

Where this comes from

Registry record reviewed as fetched Oct 30, 2026, last updated by the sponsor Jun 9, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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